Mont Havergal
| Mont Havergal | |
|---|---|
 19th century picture of Port-Christmas with Mont Havergal on the right | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 552 m (1,811 ft)[1] |
| Coordinates | 48°41′36.5″S 69°01′12.9″E / 48.693472°S 69.020250°E[1] |
| Geography | |
  Mont Havergal Location within Kerguelen | |
| Location | Grande Terre, Kerguelen Islands, French Southern and Antarctic Lands |
| Geology | |
| Rock type | Basalt |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | Unknown |
Mont Havergal is a mountain in the French Southern and Antarctic Lands. Located in the Loranchet Peninsula at the northern end of Kerguelen, between Baie de l'Oiseau and Baie de la Dauphine, it rises to a height of 553 metres (1,814 ft) above sea level. To the north lies Baie Ducheyron, the northernmost bay of Kerguelen.[1]
History
[edit]This mountain was named in 1874 during the Challenger expedition after Arthur Havergal, second lieutenant of navigation on the HMS Challenger.[2]
Mont Havergal was explored ten years later during the Ross expedition by Robert McCormick. He found fossilized tree trunks on its slopes and concluded that Kerguelen had been covered by forests in a previous era.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Google Earth
- ↑ Gracie Delépine, Toponymie des Terres Australes, éditions La Documentation française, Paris, 1973, p. 178
- ↑ Jean-Paul Kauffmann, L'arche des Kerguelen - Voyage aux îles de la Désolation
External links
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Media related to Mont Havergal at Wikimedia Commons- L’Archipel de Kerguelen : les plus vieilles îles dans le plus jeune océan
